monilial

English

Etymology

From monilia +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /məˈnɪlɪəl/

Adjective

monilial (comparative more monilial, superlative most monilial)

(medicine) Pertaining to or caused by a monilia. [from 20th c.]
- 1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 33:
  Prince Q— […] suffers chronically from Candida albicans, with attendant susceptibilities to monilial sinusitis and thrush […] .